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Chapter 6090 The price has risen.
David waved his hand: “There’s no need to blame yourself. You just saved my life and Ming Li’s life, we should be the ones thanking you.”
Liu Qianqian was shocked: “I saved my benefactor?”
“If you weren’t being hunted, we wouldn’t have met you.”
David rarely joked, “If we hadn’t met you, we would still be wandering aimlessly in the desert like headless flies, and we would never have found this temple.”
Liu Qianqian was silent for a moment, then chuckled, the sadness in her eyes slowly disappearing.
Ming Li smiled and said, “Mr. Chen is right. Miss Liu, you don’t need to worry about the elixir of immortality. We will find a way to get it.”
Liu Qianqian nodded: “Ruyan is willing to go to Yunxian City with my benefactor, so that he can explain the customs and culture of the Fourteenth Heaven to her along the way.”
“Okay.” David didn’t refuse.
The three of them turned into streaks of light and flew towards the Eternal Cloud City.
A journey of three thousand miles was only an hour for a cultivator in the Upper Immortal Realm.
During the trip, Liu Qianqian gave David and Ming Li a detailed explanation of the basic situation of the Fourteen Heavens.
Originally, there were thirty-six cities in the Fourteen Heavens, each ruled by a main city, and under the main city were dozens or even hundreds of small and medium-sized immortal cities.
The temple controls seven cities, the shrine controls six cities, the palace controls five cities, and the remaining eighteen cities are controlled by various neutral forces, ancient families, and heretical cultivator alliances.
Yunxian City is a medium-sized border city with complex power dynamics.
Although nominally under the jurisdiction of the temple, the temple actually has very little control over the area.
Just then, the clouds and mist in front of them slowly cleared, and a magnificent city came into view.
The Eternal City of Clouds.
The city walls are a hundred feet high and are made entirely of cyan-gold eternal stone, which shimmers faintly in the sunlight.
Every hundred paces along the city walls stood a watchtower, its spire adorned with a fist-sized ball of light—a detection array that revealed any form of concealment under its illumination.
The city gate was even more magnificent, standing thirty feet tall, with lifelike carvings of fairy-tale clouds and mountains on both doors.
Four guards in golden armor stood on each side of the city gate, all of them at the fifth level of the Upper Immortal Realm, with eyes as sharp as eagles.
“It costs a fee in the form of eternal liquid to enter the city.”
Liu Qianqian said in a low voice, “One bottle per person, which allows you to stay in the city for seven days. If you want to stay longer, you need to obtain an identity token separately.”
He took out a white jade bottle from his chest, about to take the potion, but David stopped him.
“No need.”
David took out a storage ring from his pocket. It was something he had obtained when he killed the Great Venerable of the God Clan in the Thirteenth Heaven, and he had never had the chance to see it before.
After investigating with my divine sense, I discovered that in addition to a large number of magical treasures, pills, and jade scrolls containing cultivation techniques, there were also exquisite crystal bottles containing about thirty bottles of pale golden liquid.
This is indeed the elixir of immortality!
David took out three bottles and handed them to Liu Qianqian: “Use these first.”
Liu Qianqian took it, a look of surprise flashed in her eyes: “Benefactor, you… how can you have the elixir of immortality?”
“I killed a Great Venerable of the God Clan and took it secretly,” David said calmly.
Liu Qianqian tersentak.
The Great Venerable of the Divine Race is an existence of eighth rank or higher in the Upper Immortal Realm, whose status is only below that of the Elders.
He already knew from the wanted poster that David was capable of killing a Grand Venerable, which showed that his strength far exceeded his apparent level.
However, hearing it directly from the person concerned was still very surprising for him.
He looked deeply at David, asked no further questions, and handed the three bottles of immortal liquid to the city gatekeeper.
The guard took the potion, carefully examined the spiritual runes at the bottom of the bottle, and after confirming everything was correct, handed three jade tokens to the three people.
“Keep this token safe; you must return it when you leave the city.”
The guard said in an official tone, “Flying is prohibited in this city, and fighting is prohibited. Violators will be severely punished.”
David took the token and entered the city with Ming Li and Liu Qianqian.
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As soon as I entered Yunxian City, a scene suddenly unfolded before my eyes.
The main street, which was ten zhang wide, stretched straight ahead, with shops lining both sides.
There were merchants selling magical artifacts, purchasing ingredients, refining pills, and even providing catering for cultivators’ banquets… The place was bustling with activity, ten times more prosperous than any immortal city in the Thirteen Heavens.
The cultivators coming and going on the streets had diverse appearances. Their cultivation levels ranged from the fourth rank of the Upper Immortal Realm to the ninth rank, but the ninth rank was extremely rare.
Every now and then, one or two people would pass by, and the surrounding cultivators would automatically make way and bow respectfully.
“Indeed, the Fourteenth Heaven is a place where the strong are respected,” Ming Li said.
Liu Qianqian nodded, “The ninth level of the Upper Immortal Realm is already a top-tier combat power in the fourteenth heaven. Most of the elders of the great powers are at this level. As for the Upper Immortal Realm, they are all at the level of city lords and sect leaders, but these people don’t easily appear on the streets.”
He paused for a moment, then pointed to a five-story building at the end of the street: “That is the teleportation hall. The teleportation array to the Holy Land of Light is on the top floor.”
Looking around, David saw that the pavilion was entirely silvery white, with a large space array floating on the roof, flickering with spiritual light from time to time, clearly in operation.
“Let’s ask about the teleportation costs first,” David said.
The three of them arrived at the teleportation hall, where people were coming and going.
They went straight up to the third floor and found the deacon in charge of the teleportation array in the Sacred Light Domain.
The servant was a middle-aged man with fair skin and no beard, whose cultivation level was at the seventh rank of the Upper Immortal Realm.
He glanced at the three of them, and saw that David and Ming Li were unfamiliar faces, and Liu Qianqian looked tired, he assumed they were just ordinary stray cultivators, so his attitude became a bit cold.
“Going to the Pure Land of Light? One hundred and twenty bottles of the liquid of immortality per person.”
David frowned slightly: “I just heard it was a hundred bottles, why did the price increase?”
The deacon said impatiently, “That happened an hour ago. The temple just issued a notice to increase the maintenance tax on the Holy Mountain, and the cost of all teleportation arrays will increase by 20%. Do you think it’s too expensive? If you think it’s too expensive, then don’t go.”
A cold glint appeared in Ming Li’s eyes, and he was about to attack when David held him back.
“Where in this city can I get the Elixir of Immortality?”
Seeing David’s calm demeanor, the servant didn’t dare to be sarcastic anymore and casually said, “Getting the Immortal Potion? It’s easy. You can go to Wanbaolou to sell treasures, or go to the Mercenary Guild to take on missions, or go to the City Lord’s Mansion to do manual labor in the Potion Condensation Room. Judging by your appearance, you probably don’t have any valuable treasures. Go to the Potion Condensation Room. You can get two or three bottles a day.”
David nodded: “Thank you.”
The three left the teleportation hall, and Liu Qianqian’s expression looked somewhat unpleasant.
“One hundred and twenty bottles… three people will make three hundred and sixty bottles.”
He whispered, “I thought I could collect 300 bottles, but I didn’t expect the temple to be so greedy and suddenly raise the price.”
David remained calm: “It’s okay. It’s only three hundred and sixty bottles; we’ll make a profit.”